“Pools face a very challenging summer and with Chris’s vast experience in all forms of the day-to-day running of a professional football club, there will be no candidate better equipped to manage Hartlepool United than Chris Turner right now.

“Chris has a sense of unfinished business from previous spells and would want to build something long lasting, as he did previously in building teams seeking promotion.

“The National League is a very tough division to get out of and it would go down as a hugely important success for any manager who can turn the club’s fortunes around and earn promotion into the Football League, that is the only aim, to win promotion.

“In his previous roles, Chris built recruitment networks that paid great attention to the division Hartlepool are entering.

“Recruitment is going to be absolutely key to any footballing success in the season and seasons to come “

One of Turner’s former players, Sam Collins, remains the bookies’ favourite to clinch the job.

The 39-year-old’s odds have plummeted from 16-1 to 2-5 with ex-Grimsby boss Marcus Bignot second in the list on 6-1 with Welsh Premier League winner Craig Harrison rated at 8-1.

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